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Definition of 'taille'Noun
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(historical) A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 143:
- The main royal tax was the taille'' , a tax on landed wealth, distributed among the ''généralités and assessed and levied in a variety of ways, and it was supplemented by a range of other direct taxes [...].
(obsolete) A tally; an account scored on a piece of wood.
* Chaucer
- Whether that he paid or took by taille .
(music|obsolete) The tenor voice or part.
(music|obsolete) The part for the tenor viol or viola.
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